Exergoeconomic performance comparison & optimization of single-stage absorption heat transformers

Energies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Mahmoudi, S Mohammad S ^a   Salehi, Sina ^a   Yari, Mortaza ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorption heat transformer; Exergy efficiency; Heat exchanger; Multi objective optimization; Single stage absorption heat transformer (SSHT); Thermoeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ABSORBER TEMPERATURES; ABSORPTION HEAT TRANSFORMER; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; ENGINEERING EQUATION SOLVERS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; SECOND LAW EFFICIENCIES; THERMO-ECONOMIC;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 85029083453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en10040532     Document Type: Article

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